Rod
[rɒd] or [rɑd]
Definition
(noun.) any rod-shaped bacterium.
(noun.) a long thin implement made of metal or wood.
(noun.) a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light.
Typist: Sanford--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
(n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.
(n.) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
(n.) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
(n.) A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
(n.) An instrument for measuring.
(n.) A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Twig, shoot.[2]. Wand, slender stick.[3]. Switch, scourge, birch.[4]. Pole, perch.[5]. Cue.
Typist: Nathaniel
Definition
n. a long twig: a slender stick: anything long and slender as a magic rod a lightning-rod a fishing-rod &c.: an instrument of correction: an emblem of power or authority: a pole or perch (5?yards or 16?feet)—the square rod generally called rood is employed in estimating masonry-work and contains 16??16? or 272?sq. feet: (fig.) punishment: authority: oppression: (B.) race or tribe: one of the layers of rods composing the retina of the eye: any bar connecting parts of a machine.—v.t. to furnish with rods esp. lightning-rods.—ns. Rod′-fish′er; Rod′-fish′ing fly-fishing: angling; Rod′-line a fishing-line not wound on a reel; Rod′-machine′ in wood-working a machine for cutting cylindrical sticks such as broom-handles; Rod′-ring one of the rings along a fishing-rod through which the line runs; Rod′ster an angler.—Napier's rods (see Napierian).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a divining rod in your dreams, foretells ill luck will dissatisfy you with present surroundings.
To see a lightning-rod, denotes that threatened destruction to some cherished work will confront you. To see one change into a serpent, foretells enemies will succeed in their schemes against you. If the lightning strikes one, there will be an accident or sudden news to give you sorrow. If you are having one put up, it is a warning to beware how you begin a new enterprise, as you will likely be overtaken by disappointment. To have them taken down, you will change your plans and thereby further your interests. To see many lightning rods, indicates a variety of misfortunes.
Checker: Wade
Examples
- In the early form of the revolver the empty cartridge cases had to be ejected from the cylinder singly by an ejector rod or handy nail. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Each plate section has a rod to connect it with its proper terminal. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The noise was released, the little locomotive with her clanking steel connecting-rod emerged on the highroad, clanking sharply. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I have health, wealth, and youth; but I feel the stings of the rod all the same. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The oven filled with calcium carbide is then electrically heated with a carbon rod running through the center. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- An iron rod about forty feet long and sharp at the end was placed upr ight in the hope of drawing electricity from the st orm-clouds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We went in, Wemmick leaving his fishing-rod in the porch, and looked all round. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Attach a small toy bell to a glass rod (Fig. 166) by means of a rubber tube and pass the rod through one of two openings in a rubber cork. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the rod was withdrawn, there was your barrel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A rock shaft _s_ is worked by an eccentric rod _e_ from the paddle wheel shaft. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The paddles were placed in the middle of the boat, near the stern; and there was a double rudder, connected together by rods which were moved by a winch at the head of the vessel. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Not before the eighteenth century do we find rolled sheet iron (1728) and rolled rods and bars (1783). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The whole lot, rods and rope, when ready for tube, should have another coat, and then be placed in tube and filled. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Similar rods support the opposite electrodes of the tank. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Gramme made his armature of iron rods to prevent its destruction by heat. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We placed legs on an inverted beaker, and held the two ends of the wires on glass rods eight inches long. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On these rods the counters are beaded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The roadway hangs from these cables, suspended by 624 vertical rods. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The positive or nickel plate (Fig. 6) is seen to consist of two rows of round rods or pencils, thirty in number, held in a vertical position by a steel support-frame. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Mary